The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

The Buddha's path is not about becoming somebody different but about becoming more and more who you really are.

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

My religion is to live and die without regret.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

The world is its own magic.

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

The practice of Dharma is a constant battle within oneself.

All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

The obstacle is the path.

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.